Why blog? motivations for blogging
'Weblogging' or 'blogging' has joined e-mail and Internet home pages as one of the most popular uses of the Internet. This book focuses on the British blogosphere, comparing British bloggers to the more researched US. Motivations covered include the desire to connect with others...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Chandos Publishing
2010.
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| Edición: | 1st edition |
| Colección: | Chandos Information Professional Series
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009629310106719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Why Blog? Motivations for blogging; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; About the author; 1 Introduction; What is a blog?; Early research on the blogosphere; Research on the British blogosphere; The aim of this book; 2 The journal blog: a traditional form mediated by the Internet; The diary genre; The online diary; 3 The journalism motivation; Letters to the editor; Making your voice heard: citizen journalism; Mainstream media response; Redressing the mainstream media; Blogging politicians; Blogging as creative writing; 4 Beneficial blogging; The blogging personality; Letting it all out
- Positive feedback from readers Keeping in touch with friends; Finding new friends; 5 Do privacy concerns impact on blogging motivations?; Secret from friends and family; Secret from employers; 6 The money motive; Advertising; Books; 7 Blogs as tools; Blogs as tools for teaching and learning; Academic blogs; Information gathering; 8 Doing it for different reasons I: women's motivations for blogging; Male dominance; Women's motivations for blogging; Blogroll differences; 9 Doing it for different reasons II: Americans and Brits; Demographic differences; Perceptions of blogging
- Satisfactions from bloggingBlogroll differences; Note; Conclusions; Bibliography; Index
